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I try to creating a bitmap font, but don't have success. How do I specify the hight/width of the characters? In what order do they have to be?

Hi,
the format of the bitmap is the same as the one of text.bmp in winamp 2 skins (or numbers.bmp for a "digits" font)
(see http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/winamp/skinn ... c/main.php)
As long as you respect this layout, the size of the characters doesn't matter.

does this mean I have to use exactly the same dimension than the winamp2 bitmap?

ok, I found a True Type Font that fits my needs. But is there a way to change the color? (Not on Playlist but on the main display)

The Text control has a 'color' attribute (it's not a characteristic of the font itself, you may want to reuse the same font in different places, with different colors).

By the way as for bitamp fonts I thought I had implemented something more generic, but in fact you are right the image must have exactly the same dimension as in winamp skins.